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's ''La peregrinación (Pilgrimage)'' from the Christmas cantata ''Our Christmas'', also in adaptation by

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Orchestra. This screensaver lasted until 2009. The program was the winner of the

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prize in 1996 for ''Best journalistic program''.

List of hosts

*1968—1975, Alexander Zguridi; *1975—1990,

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(1977 turns with Nikolay Drozdov); *1977—present, Nikolay Drozdov.Передача на сайте Первого канала
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